Comments on: Facebook: You’re Not the Customer, You’re the Producthttp://techland.time.com/2010/10/15/facebook-youre-not-the-customer-youre-the-product/
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Wed, 10 Nov 2010 23:07:04 +0000http://techland.com/?p=50697#comment-13898Just be careful with those posts. It may seem innocent enough to post a picture of your spouse in front of some landmark and say “we are loving it in Paris!!”

Should your account be hacked (or the account of one of your friends; there are free tools that make this easy), it won’t be long before they start receiving spam claiming to be from you saying “We got mugged in Paris, and they took our passports, can you wire us $2,500?”, since they know that you are in Paris, they believe it and wire the money and then of course, the bad guys get that persons bank info, and the identity theft continues.

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Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:00:35 +0000http://techland.com/?p=50697#comment-13222Of course – and as a disclaimer, I hardly ever use it myself – but whenever I do login, there seems to be quite a few people posting updates (correct term?), and I often see lots of comments to those updates. A back and forth, I guess similar to an IM, but open to everybody, with lots of people jumping into the “conversation”. On top of that, it offers an IM client – although that’s disabled on my end.

Is that different from e-mail? I would argue yes, it is. E-mail is great for communication. IM is good for conversations. Phone calls are OK for communication. Hell, even text messages work alright as a communication tool. Facebook is just another platform to communicate with people, even if that communication is sometimes one sided.

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Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:59:32 +0000http://techland.com/?p=50697#comment-13217@thebonafortuna, can you explain how “It’s a great way to communicate with people”?

No sarcasm. Just an honest question. Thanks.

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Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:38:26 +0000http://techland.com/?p=50697#comment-13216Really? Why close the thing? It’s a great way to communicate with people. Just assume everything you do on there is open to the world – because it is – and don’t post personal information. Problem solved.

I have no problem with Facebook making money from advertisers; that’s why they exist. Just like TechLand makes money from advertisers, as they draw eyeballs (like mine) from across the internet. I have no problem with TechLand making money because I read the content here. Why would you have a problem with Facebook making money on what you voluntarily choose to share?